Kengo Ito
Chief Executive Officer at Metacast KK
Profile
Kengo Ito is a Founder at D4V.
He founded venture capital firm Genuine Startups in 2013 and as CEO he invested in more than fifty seed-stage companies.
Before Genuine Startups, Mr. Ito served as Chief Accelerator at Movida Japan where he established a Seed Acceleration Program and provided hands-on support to more than 300 startups.
His startup and investment experience also includes serving as CEO of MetaCast, a video solution provider, and leading venture investment and business development at Mitsui Comtek in the US and Mitsui & Co. Mr. Ito serves as committee members at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
He holds an MS and BS in Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
Kengo Ito active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| Movida Japan, Inc. | Private Equity Analyst | 18/05/2009 |
Genuine Startups Ltd.
 Genuine Startups Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Genuine Startups Ltd. (Genuine Startups) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Movida Japan, Inc. founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Metacast KK
 Metacast KK Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services MetaCast, Inc. engages in the business of web-based video services. It provides Mitter a video sharing management platform; SAGURI a video search engine; and TAGIRI an online video playback tool. It also offers community services for TV programs; research and development of video viewing services using metadata. The company was founded by Daisuke Inoue on April 12, 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
D4V Godokaisha
 D4V Godokaisha Investment ManagersFinance D4V Godokaisha (D4V) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2016 by Tom Kelley, Takano Makoto, Ito Kengo, Taniya Mamoru, Davide Agnelli and Kenichi Nonomura. | Founder | - |
Training of Kengo Ito
| University of Tokyo | Undergraduate Degree |
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Metacast KK
Metacast KK Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services MetaCast, Inc. engages in the business of web-based video services. It provides Mitter a video sharing management platform; SAGURI a video search engine; and TAGIRI an online video playback tool. It also offers community services for TV programs; research and development of video viewing services using metadata. The company was founded by Daisuke Inoue on April 12, 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Technology Services |
| Movida Japan, Inc. | Finance |
Genuine Startups Ltd.
Genuine Startups Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Genuine Startups Ltd. (Genuine Startups) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Movida Japan, Inc. founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Finance |
D4V Godokaisha
D4V Godokaisha Investment ManagersFinance D4V Godokaisha (D4V) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2016 by Tom Kelley, Takano Makoto, Ito Kengo, Taniya Mamoru, Davide Agnelli and Kenichi Nonomura. | Finance |
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